http://clipmarks.com/clipper/aguil000/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/aguil000/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4A9610F3-CEAC-46B3-B32B-948741D3AEFC/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/aguil000/">aguil000</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stereotactic_surgery&oldid=212477232" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stereotactic_surgery&oldid=212477232">en.wikipedia.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><B>Stereotactic surgery</B> or <B>stereotaxy</B> is a <A title="Minimally-invasive" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimally-invasive">minimally-invasive</A> form of <A title="Surgery" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgery">surgical</A> intervention which makes use of a three-dimensional <A title="Coordinates" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinates">coordinates</A> system to locate small targets inside the body and to perform on them some action such as <A title="Ablation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablation">ablation</A> (removal), <A title="Biopsy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopsy">biopsy</A>, <A title="Lesion" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesion">lesion</A>, injection, <A title="Deep brain stimulation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_brain_stimulation">stimulation</A>, implantation, <A title="Radiosurgery" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiosurgery">radiosurgery</A> (SRS) etc. "Stereotactic" in Greek (another accepted spelling is "stereotaxic") means movement in space.</P> <P>In theory, any organ system inside the body can be subjected to stereotactic surgery. Difficulties in setting up a reliable frame of reference (such as <A title="Bone" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone">bony</A> landmarks which bear a constant spatial relation to soft tissues), however, mean that its applications have been limited to <A title="Neurosurgery" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurosurgery">brain surgery</A>. Besides the <A title="Brain" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain">brain</A>, biopsy and surgery of the <A title="Breast" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast">breast</A> are done routinely to locate, sample (biopsy) and remove tissue. Plain X-ray images (mammography) and CT can be used to guide the procedure.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stereotactic_surgery&oldid=212477232Sat, 17 May 2008 13:32:49 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/448ABE16-A997-4652-9144-C3E4085A430F/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/aguil000/">aguil000</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.estereotaxia.com.ve/" title="http://www.estereotaxia.com.ve/">www.estereotaxia.com.ve</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/aguil000/512/D808D126-2654-4CBC-BC61-8F2BD38B2928.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.estereotaxia.com.ve/Fri, 16 May 2008 01:41:19 GMT